Other materials need: Scientific Calculator (Graphing
calculators, cell phones, etc. will NOT be allowed during exams.)

Course description: This course serves, primarily, as a building
block for students continuing in mathematics. The topics covered include
fundamental algebraic operations, radicals, systems of equations, higher
order degree equations, inequalities, absolute value, logarithms, matrices,
and the binomial theorem.

Practice Problems: You will be assigned
practice
problems for each
section. These problem are neither
collected nor
graded. They are to prepare you for the exams. Time will be
allocated during each regular class session to answer questions
regarding
practice problems.

MyMathLab online assignments: You will be assigned graded
homework assignments through
MyMathlab. These assignments are required and are part of your grade.
Each homework will be weighted to 10 points in grade calculations. Online
assignments may not be completed past the deadline. To accommodate
unavoidable problems, your lowest homework score will be dropped at the end of
the semester.

Quizzes: You will be given quizzes. You may use one page of
notes for each quiz. Quizzes must be taken at the scheduled time. To
accommodate unavoidable problems, your lowest quiz score will be dropped at the
end of the semester.

Testingpolicy: You are expected to take each exam at
the scheduled times. However, if you have an unavoidable absence you
may request to take the test at an alternative time provided you
contact your professor before the exam begins and explain your
absence. I will decide if and when you take your makeup exam, which is
generally no later than 2 business days. If you request a makeup via
email or voice mail, it is your responsibility to check your messages
for my response. If you do not receive a response from me within a
reasonable amount of time, you MUST follow up with another attempt to
contact me. Failure to follow the policy will result in denial of your
request.

Exceptions to the above policy will only be given for situations
including, but not limited to, jury duty, military orders, serious
medical problems (yourself or immediate family member) or a death of an
immediate family member. You MUST be able to provide documentation.
(Acceptable documentation include such things as an accident report,
doctor's note or hospital discharge papers.) Immediate family member is
defined to be a spouse, partner, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild,
sibling, or your spouse's/partner's immediate family member. These
requests will be considered on a individual basis.

Repeated requests for makeup
exams WILL REQUIRE that you provide documentation.

Requests to take exams early are generally approved.

If for any reason, you do not take an exam, your final exam score
will replace one missed exam score. Any other missed exam will earn a
score of zero.

Lowest exam score: If you take all exams, your lowest
exam score will
be replaced with your final exam score (assuming the final is higher).

Attendance: Attendance is taken for the purpose of
financial aid, state auditing, and
athletic progress reports. If you miss class, it is your
responsibility
to check the schedule and work on the practice problems for the section
covered
that day. If you have questions regarding the missed material, you
may
make an appointment with me to ask specific questions regarding the
material.

Cheating: A score of zero will be given on any assignment
where
cheating occurs. Cheating includes, but is not limited to copying
answers off
other studentsí tests, submitting another personís work as your own, and
having
crib sheets during a test. Repeated acts of cheating may result in
your
withdrawal from the course.

Classroom etiquette: Please be courteous of others'
rights in
the classroom. Do not disrupt their right to learn by
inappropriate talking
(talking during lecture or while others are asking or answering
questions), whispering,
or other immature acts. Please turn cell phones to silent. If you need your cell phone
for
emergency purposes (EMT, firefighters, sick family member, etc.) this is
certainly allowed. Each student is also held to "Student Code of
Conduct"
as specified in the student handbook. Violation of this student code may
result
in withdrawal from the course.

Withdrawals: Withdrawal from this course is not automatic. You
will need to initiate a withdrawal from this course by completing the form in
the Records Office or through webadvisor. IVCC has the right to rescind a withdrawal in
cases of academic dishonesty or at the professorís discretion. If you do not
initiate a withdrawal, you may receive a grade for this course, which in most
cases, is an F.

Students should be aware of the impact of a withdrawal on
full-time status for insurance purposes and for financial aid. It is highly
recommended that students meet with their instructor or with a counselor before
withdrawing from a class to discuss if a withdrawal is the best course of action
for that particular student.

Please see your course schedule for the last day to
withdraw.

Cancelled class: Every effort will be made to announce
class
cancellations in a timely manner. Unexpected cancellations will
be posted
on the IVCC website. (http://www.ivcc.edu/cancellations/)
You may wish to consider checking this webpage each morning before
traveling
to the college. In the event that class is cancelled on an exam
day, the
exam will be moved to the next class day. You may also sign up to
receive
text messages or emails when the college is closed for weather or
emergencies (https://www.ivcc.edu/forms/IVCCAlerts.aspx
)

Inclement weather: In the event of bad weather, please
listen to
your
local radio station for school closings. If school has not
been
cancelled, use your own judgment as to the feasibility of traveling to
school.

Grading process: If you do not understand how I graded
your
work or you disagree with the number of points earned, you have the
right and
responsibility to initiate contact with me about the matter within 4
class days
of the material being returned to you. These matters will be
discussed in
my office by appointment.

Graded materials: You are to keep all graded materials
for this
course until after you receive your final grade. If there is a
clerical
error, and you do not receive the grade you earned, these materials will
be
needed to resolve this issue. In the absence of these materials,
the
professor's record will be assumed to be correct.

Special Needs Educational Support Services:
If you are a
student
with a documented cognitive, physical or psychiatric disability you may
be eligible for academic support services such as extended test time,
texts on
disc, notetaking services, etc... If you are interested in
learning if you can
receive these academic support services, please contact either Tina
Hardy (tina_hardy@ivcc.edu,
or 224-0284) or Judy Mika (224-0350), or stop by the Disability Services
Office
in B-204.

This course syllabus is subject to change to meet the needs of the
professor
and/or students.